Mike Batt - Railway hotel

^EmWe went to the room and we ^Cbolted the door, ^DmThe bass from the jukebox was ^G7coming through the floor, ^CAnd out through the ^Emwalls we could ^Cstill hear the ^Froar of the ^Ctrains. ^{F C C}Was this all the ^Dmcomfort we ^Cgot for our sins? ^DmNo candles, no waiters, no soft ^G7violins? ^CA dirty elec^Dmtric conv^Cector plugged ^Finto the ^Cmains.

^CI had wanted ^G7much more for the ^Cfirst night with you, But the railway ho^Ftel was the best I could ^Cdo. ^{G7 C}I knew the Sa^Emvoy would have suited you ^Cwell, But the best I could ^Fdo was the ^Dmrailway ho^Ctel. ^G7

^CAway in the ^Dmsky were the ^Clights of a jet, ^DmBurning in the night like a ^Emslow cigare^G7tte. ^CThe lamp in the ^G7street threw a ^Csoft sil^Fhouette on the ^Cwall. ^{F C C}And though it was ^Dmcrumbling and ru^Cndown and dead ^DmA chair and a sink and an ^G7old single ^Embed, ^CThe love we be^G7gan and the ^Cthings that we ^Fsaid, I re^Ccall.

^CI had wanted m^G7uch more for the ^Cfirst night with you, But the railway ho^Ftel was the ^Dmbest I couid ^Cdo. ^{G7 C}I knew the Sa^Emvoy would have suited you ^Cwell, But the best I couid ^Fdo was the ^Dmrailway ho^Ctel ^G7